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Once again, the trade deadline was more llama than we needed. More flash, fluff and puff than substance.
Yes, there were some interesting deals done in the last few weeks, but no last-day blockbusters...

In Opinion

Viewpoints

VICTORIA — Which of the following characteristics come to mind when you hear the term “monopoly service?” Efficient, customer-oriented, innovative, high quality or low cost?
If you answered, “none of...

In Technology

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OTTAWA - A digital petition once famously forced the White House to provide official comment on an oddball suggestion for stimulating the U.S. economy: building a heavily armed intergalactic space station...

Next Tuesday, Madonna releases her 13th studio album, Rebel Heart. The first single Living For Love was released to radio and all other platforms on Feb. 12. At press time, around 6.2 million had viewed...

His shelf full of Grammy Awards from production credits on albums from U2, Bob Dylan and others sometimes obscures that Daniel Lanois is first and foremost a musician. Flesh and Machine is the sound wizard...

Unless you happen to be a curling fan, the most important thing to come out of Kilsyth, Scotland, is the Twilight Sad. The post-punk indie band, formed in 2003, has been on a steady upward rise since ...

Celebrity

“Hello Mr. Volmers, this is Leonard Nimoy. I read your article about Star Trek not coming to Vulcan. I think it’s a sad story. If you’d like to talk about it, I’m in Los Angeles … ” And so it began. On March 19, 2009 I received the above message on my voice mail. I’m […]

Music

Monday night’s Ottawa Symphony Orchestra concert opened with the announcement that music director David Currie would not be on the podium. Alain Trudel, the NAC Orchestra’s affable Principal Youth And Family Conductor took over for Currie, who is awaiting surgery at the Ottawa Heart Institute.

Movies

In the world of indie filmmakers, Kyle Thomas has found the holy grail. Those only familiar with blockbusters and other fare shown at multiplexes may not realize the difficulties in getting a low-key indie feature film released theatrically. But after a successful festival run in Calgary, Toronto and Vancouver and earning two Canadian Screen Award nominations, Thomas’ The Valley Below opens […]

Movies

On Wednesday, Calgary filmmaker Kyle Thomas’s The Valley Below will screen across the country as the first film in the inaugural Canadian Indie Film Series before beginning a theatrical run on Friday in Calgary and Toronto. It’s a good fit. Shot in Drumheller and produced by the Calgary-based collective North Country Cinema, the naturalistic character study […]

Television

“Hello Mr. Volmers, this is Leonard Nimoy. I read your article about Star Trek not coming to Vulcan. I think it’s a sad story. If you’d like to talk about it, I’m in Los Angeles … ” And so it began. On March 19, 2009 I received the above message on my voice mail. I’m […]

Books

Kid President’s message is, “We were made to be awesome.” His motto, “If it doesn’t change the world, don’t do it.” To the 11-year-old YouTube star, changing the world includes giving hugs, high fives and dancing. It’s also meant making more […]